Spout-support



J. JENKINS.

SPOUT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 1920.

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SPOUT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 1920.

:Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application filed January 22, 1320. Serial No. 353,370.

To (1U whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN JnNniNs, of the town of Kennedy. in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spout- Sul'n'iorts. of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in spout supports and particularly to a support for ho ding; and directing a grain spout such as is required when loading a grain car and the principal object of the invention is to provide a support which will positively h ll a set the snout to ctively dcliver the grain and which is arranged and consi't ucte'l to su t the various requirements which may arise.

I urther is to construct the support in a simple. durable and ineanensive manne and s ch that can be readily handled, a on ited.

A. still further obieet of the invention is to provide an adjustable support which can be set to suit the work in hand.

With the above more important ob'ects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particu arly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being bad to the accompanying drawinrrs in which Figure l is a sectional view through the grain car and showing my support as it appears in use.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a portion of the car and showing the parts as they appear in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the spout support.

Fig. 4- is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the body part of the spout with the end pieces shown in side elevation.

Fig. 6 is a side view of the fastening band.

Fist. 7 is a front view of the band.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view through a grain car and showing a modified form of the spout support.

Fig. 9 is a side view of the bifurcated shank.

Fig. 10 is a front View of the same.

in the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This support is especially adapted for use in. elevator work. and particularly when load ing cars with grain and I have accordingly herein described it as used for holding the discharge spout discharging the grain into the car.

1 represents a car, 2 the grain door thereof and 3 the eevator containing the grain to be loaded into the car and which is supplied with a flexible discharge spout 4; of predetermined and suitable length. 5 represents the elevator platform. The discharge spout is of common form comprising a plurality of similar tapering sections 6 having their ends slightly telescoped and all held flexibly tov gether by side chains 7 fastened by center rivets 8 to the sides of the respective sections.

The end section of the spout is provided with a reinforcing co lar 9 and with side grips 10. Owing to the construction of the spout it will be apparent that it can be bent at will to discharge the grain into the various parts of the car.

My support is provided. to hold the end of the spout in any desired position within the car. It is constructed as now described.

11 represents a body part shown in the present disclosure as a pipe having the one end incased by a reinforcing collar 12 and fitted with. a am screw 13 and the other end flattened and reinforced by a sleeve 14% s ank or otherwise applied on the pipe. T he flattened end of the pipe forms a socket for a shank 15 which has one end slidably entered within the socket and the other end provided with a bayonet slot 16.

17 represents a leg having one end teles oped within the pipe and the other end te minating in a curved piercing point 18. The length of the support can be adjusted by withdrawing or pushing in the foot and manipulat ng the screw 13 as will be readily observed.

19 represents an attaching band which is clamped around the last section of the spout, being preferably passed under the grips 10 and being fitted so that the clampingbolt 20 thereof is located to the underside of the spout and the lug like ends 21 and 22 of the band are spaced apart as shown in Fig. '7 when the band is tightly clamped on the spout.

After the band has been attached to the spout one enters the body of the bolt 20 in the bayonet slot 16 and is then ready to set the su port to hold the pipe.

In Figs. 1 and 2, where the spout is de- By piercing the pronged ea of the into Vill'lOUS parts of the door, sdes or loan: 11

of t to car and by adjusting tie length 04 the support one can hold the spent in any desired oosit-ion. I have fount, now-- ever, that when operating in the center of the car it is desirable to provide a second shank 23 which can he interzhange-d :l. shank 15. The second shank is Figs. 8, 9 and. 10 and presents a horns 24 and 25 disposed at an at body of the shank. he horns ai'e ad: to span the spout and when loading, center of the car the ho ns aye located pro ably behind the third lower underneath the side chains, h is pierced into the elevator platfoiin. this arrangement it will be appai'e the last few sections of: spout can down to direct the grain to the floor or car.

While I have shown and. spout support as an adjustable v Wish it to be distinctly understood that end section and "llllo the prong By menses do not with to the limited to the precise const uction shown as the body might be nondju table, in which case it would take the of a straight ban i-odor tube having at one end, and a holder for other end.

i as my invention is pout support, a pipe having one end foi'inec-i into a socket, a leg having one end slidably received within tie pipe and I a plercing point other end formed into a piercing point, screw adgustably fastening the leg to the pipe, a shank mounted in the soot-:et provided with a bayonet slot and an attaching hand clamped around the spout with bolt entering the bayonet slot.

in a s out su apart a nine havin one end termed into a sociiet leg having one an the pipe and the other end formed into a piercing point, a am screw adgustably fastening the leg t he emeuntahie non-rotatable sl the socket and PZOVKlQOl on a, W 1 1 t 1 t 1-18 top slut, Mien .Jayonet s e an an at tach 21g band clamped around the spent and p Q J. Le b 

